V51G:
What Can Inclusions Tell Us? II

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Session ID#: 35793

Session Description:
Crystal, melt, and fluid inclusions preserve a record of the P-T-X conditions of the geologic environment at the time of entrapment. Inclusions thus allow us to develop tectonic models, identify chemical disequilibrium, unravel igneous processes, and decipher crust and mantle dynamics. This session is dedicated to the application of high-resolution analytical methods (e.g., x-ray diffraction, micro-Raman, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) to inclusions in igneous, mantle, and metamorphic rocks, in order to interrogate geologic processes from the shallow crust to the deep mantle. We encourage submissions that utilize mineral, fluid, and melt inclusions to decipher perturbations in pressure and/or temperature during mineral growth, and to assess fluid flux and transport. Submissions that integrate petrologic constraints with structural, deformation, and/or temporal (absolute and relative) context are highly encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Kristina J Walowski, Middlebury College, Geology, Middlebury, VT, United States
Conveners:  Kenneth S Befus, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States, Kyle Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Matthew Steele-MacInnis, University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Chairs:  Kenneth S Befus, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States, Kyle Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Kristina J Walowski, Middlebury College, Geology, Middlebury, VT, United States and Matthew Steele-MacInnis, University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada
OSPA Liaison:  Kenneth S Befus, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • DI - Study of the Earth's Deep Interior
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

1012 Reactions and phase equilibria [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1043 Fluid and melt inclusion geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
3625 Petrography, microstructures, and textures [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3651 Thermobarometry [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Variations in the boron isotopic composition of the Yellowstone hotspot identified through in situ SHRIMP-RG analysis of quartz-hosted melt inclusions (295799)
Matthew A Coble and Thomas R Benson, Stanford University, Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Olivine-hosted melt inclusions record efficient mixing of mantle melts in continental flood basalt provinces (Invited) (272195)
Eleanor S Jennings, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Sally A Gibson, University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, John Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Jussi S Heinonen, University of Helsinki, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki, Finland
Olivine-hosted Melt Inclusions: Insights into Highly Explosive Basaltic Volcanism from Alkali-rich Magma at Sunset Crater, AZ (282874)
Chelsea M Allison, Baylor University, Geosciences, Waco, United States, Kurt Roggensack, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States and Amanda B Clarke, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Double, Double Toil and Trouble: The Melt Inclusion Bubble (279544)
Daniel J. Rasmussen, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Mineral Sciences, Washington, DC, United States and Terry A Plank, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Inclusions in Minerals: the Importance of Host Mineral Composition, Pressure and Temperature for Potential Inclusion Alteration (287547)
Katharina Marquardt, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universitaet Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany and Gregor Markl, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Poetologie und Mineralische Rohstoffe, Tübingen, Germany
Rutilated quartz: combining Ti-in-quartz thermometry and lattice diffusion (298853)
Nicholas Tailby, University of New England, Earth and Rural Sciences, Armidale, NSW, Australia, Henry Towbin, Columbia University of New York, Earth and Environmental Science, NY, NY, United States and Michael R Ackerson, Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, United States
An experimental assessment of the quartz-in-epidote barometer (Invited) (298333)
Miguel Cisneros, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States and Kyle Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Can Inclusions Survive To The Ends Of The Earth? (223244)
Rich Taylor, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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